Street soldier
Subtitle: my life as an enforcer for Whitey Bulger and the Boston Irish mob
By: Edward J. MacKenzie, Jr., & Phyllis Karas with Ross A. Muscato.
Contributors: Karas, Phyllis.; Muscato, Ross.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: South Royalton, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: MacKenzie, Edward, -- 1958-; Bulger, Whitey, -- 1929-; Gangsters -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Biography.; Organized crime -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Case studies.; Irish Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Social conditions.; South Boston (Boston, Mass.) -- Social conditions.
Genres: Biography.; Case studies.
Description: "During the 1980s, Edward J. JacKenzie, Jr., known to his Southie friends as Eddie Mac, was a drug dealer and enforcer who would do just about anything for ["Whitey"] Bulger. ... In this compelling eye-witness account, the first from a Bulger insider, Eddie Mac reveals details from the past that shed light on the present" (dust jacket).
Table of contents: title: Danbury Federal Penitentiary; title: Ward of the state; title: Jamaica Plain; title: Violated; title: The streets; title: Frankie; title: Rage; title: Prison; title: '78; title: Tiger crane; title: Whitey; title: The Bulgers' Boston; title: The tough guys; title: Inside and outside the ring; title: Losing Frankie; title: Family man; title: Connolly's corner cafe, established 1985; title: Dealing; title: Golden gloves; title: A different breed; title: Street soldier; title: A member of the family; title: The dog room; title: Family problems; title: Plea bargain; title: The Colombian cartel; title: Life after Whitey; title: Women studies; title: The party's over; title: My little chicks; title: Where are they now?